Vulnerability · Published Sep 27, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25815
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the mediawiki package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4. LogEventList::getFiltersDesc is insecurely using message text to build options names for an HTML multi-select field. The relevant code should use escaped() instead of text().
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | mediawiki | 1:1.35.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25815 |
| Debian:13 | mediawiki | 1:1.35.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25815 |
| Debian:14 | mediawiki | 1:1.35.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25815 |
| Packagist | mediawiki/core | 1.34.3 | GHSA-2f58-vf6g-6p8x |
| Packagist | mediawiki/core | 1.35.0 | GHSA-2f58-vf6g-6p8x |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/+/ec76e14be658187544f07c1a249a047e1a75eaf8/includes/logging/LogEventsList.php#214 x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048480.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048488.html x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-a4802c53d9 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA